Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPAPod 574 - Margin for Safety: Lessons from 50 Years in the Cockpit
Episode 938
This episode explores human performance and aviation safety, contrasting airline procedures with general aviation risks. Guests discuss building safe…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
PAPod 573 - The Stability Trap: Why Safe Organizations Still Fail
Episode 937
Jay Allen interviews Todd Conklin about his new book, The Stability Trap, exploring why even safe, stable organizations can fail. They discuss the "d…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
PAPod 572 - The Stability Trap: Why Safety Success Can Lead to Failure
Episode 935
Host Todd introduces his new book, The Stability Trap, and shares a sneak peek episode created with an AI-generated interview. The episode explores w…
7 months ago
PAPod 571 - Fail Fast, Learn Faster: A Conversation on Human Performance and Recovery
Episode 934
In this episode Todd Conklin joins Jowanza Joseph to explore modern safety thinking: why human error is normal, how context shapes behavior, and why …
7 months, 1 week ago
PAPod 570 - Safety Differently Down Under: Todd Conklin in Auckland
Episode 933
Todd Conklin joins the Brisbane Safety Differently Book Lab in Auckland for a lively discussion about leadership, accountability, and learning from e…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
PAPod 569 - PART TWO: 11 Seconds: How a System, Not a Nurse, Failed
Episode 932
Part two of the RaDonda Vaught story examines what emerged after the event: investigation details, system design flaws, communication breakdowns, and…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
PAPod 568 - PART ONE: Charged for a Mistake: The Nurse, the Error, and a System That Failed
Episode 931
In this episode, nurse RaDonda Vaught tells the detailed, context-rich story of a medication error at Vanderbilt that led to criminal charges. She wa…
8 months ago
PAPod 567 - Open Questions 2025: From Metrics to Monitors — Rethinking Safety
Episode 930
Episode: an extended open Q&A from the Pre-Accident Investigation Conference in Santa Fe covering big-picture safety topics.
Speakers discuss the lim…
8 months, 1 week ago
PAPod 566 - Blame Stops Improvement: How Blame Silences Learning
Episode 929
Todd Conklin explores how blame shuts down learning and prevents organizational improvement, arguing that blaming individuals creates a chilling effe…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
PAPod 565 - Fear, FOMO & Fixing Safety: A Conversation with Brent Sutton
Episode 928
Todd Conklin and Brent Sutton discuss the short-term future of safety thinking—covering the rise and fall of lean/TQM, how commodification can slow i…
8 months, 3 weeks ago